Which Circulon products should I avoid?

The lowest-graded Circulon products we have scored are Circulon A1 Select Series 10-Piece Cookware Set, Circulon 11-Piece Apartment Bundle, Circulon Symmetry Skillet. Each one links to the evidence behind its grade.

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Circulon Review, Is Circulon Non-Toxic?

The verdict October 2026

Circulon averages 20 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 17 Circulon products graded as of October 2026, and none of them reach its 70 point pass mark.

Free to quote with attribution to PFAS Authority and a link to pfasauthority.com/brands/circulon.

Circulon grades Bad on our four-band scale.

PFAS Authority is a scoring system, not a laboratory. We do not test products ourselves. Grades are model-based, built from published ingredients, materials, certifications, brand disclosures and third-party lab results where they exist. See the rubric.

What Circulon says and does about PFAS

Circulon’s nonstick is PTFE based. Its California disclosure for Circulon Premier Professional cookware says the product contains intentionally added PFAS for its nonstick properties, and Circulon’s Australian site says its coatings are PTFE nonstick made without PFOA. Ecology Center testing found PTFE on a Circulon Infinite skillet. Circulon is one of the brands of Meyer Corporation, a member of the cookware industry group whose challenge to Minnesota’s PFAS cookware ban was dismissed in 2025.

Regulatory filingCirculon’s California AB 1200 disclosure for its Premier Professional hard-anodized nonstick cookware says the product contains intentionally added PFAS because of its nonstick properties. Circulon ↗
Brand statementCirculon’s Australian site says the maker of its nonstick coatings only uses technologies that make PTFE nonstick without PFOA. Circulon Australia ↗
Independent testThe Ecology Center’s 2020 testing found PTFE on a Circulon Infinite 8 inch French skillet. Ecology Center ↗
Legal caseThe Star Tribune reported that members of the Cookware Sustainability Alliance, which sued Minnesota over its PFAS cookware ban, make pans under brands including Farberware, Circulon, T-fal, All-Clad and Tramontina. Star Tribune (archived page) ↗
Legal caseIn August 2025 the federal court granted Minnesota’s motion to dismiss that suit, dismissing the Commerce Clause claims with prejudice. U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota ↗
Legal caseMeyer Corporation, whose brands include Circulon, is one of the companies suing ceramic cookware brand Caraway for false advertising and commercial disparagement. Complaint published by Caraway ↗

Sources checked September 14, 2026. A brand statement is the company’s own claim, which we report but have not verified. Our grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests.

Circulon is one of the brands we researched by hand for our record of what every brand has published about PFAS, where the same question is answered for each of them in one line.

Does Circulon have PFAS, by category

Graded and flagged Poor and Bad, we’d swap these

Circulon

4-Piece Nylon Tool Set

65GoodPFAS grade

Nylon utensils, nonmetal cookware tools
PFAS, Nylon utensils may contain PFAS added during manufacturing for water or stain resistance. Circulon's…

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Circulon Review, Is Circulon Non-Toxic?

What Circulon says and does about PFAS

Does Circulon have PFAS, by category

Graded and flagged Poor and Bad, we’d swap these

4-Piece Nylon Tool Set

4-Piece Silicone Cooking & Kitchen Tools Set

Halo Ceramic with LaserDefense Nonstick 2-Piece Skillet Set

Symmetry Hard-Anodized Frying Pan Set

2-Piece Nonstick Cookie Sheet Set

6-Piece Nonstick Bakeware Set

A1 Series 6.25" ScratchDefense Nonstick Mini Frying Pan

Premier Professional 10-Piece Nonstick Cookware Set

Radiance 12-Inch Nonstick Deep Frying Pan

Radiance Hard Anodized Frying Pan

ScratchDefense A1 Nonstick Skillet

ScratchDefense A1 Series Nonstick Frying Pan

ScratchDefense Nonstick Cookware Set

SteelShield C Series Tri Ply Clad Nonstick Saucepan with Lid

Symmetry Skillet

11-Piece Apartment Bundle

A1 Select Series 10-Piece Cookware Set

What to buy instead Good or better, in the categories Circulon sells

Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set

Essential Utensil Set

Utensil Essentials Set

Stainless Clad Fry Pan

10' Stainless Clad Frying Pan

Eater Fry Pan

Circulon and PFAS, common questions